Moscow,
Sep 8: Russia today said the warplanes of its aerospace force delivered
airstrikes near the Syrian city of Deir ez-Zor, destroying a militant command
centre and a communication hub and eliminated four important field commanders,
including the Islamic State(IS) "Minister of War" Gulmurod Khalimov.
"As a result of a precision airstrike carried out by Russian warplanes
near the city of Deir ez-Zor, a command center and a communication hub have
been destroyed, while around 40 militants of the Islamic State terror group
were killed," the Russian Defence Ministry said in a statement today. The
statement said: "It has been confirmed that there are four important field
commanders among the eliminated militants, including the so-called ‘Emir of
Deir ez-Zor’ Abu Muhammad al-Shimali, who was responsible for financial affairs
and the transfer of recruits to the IS training camps. “It has also been established
that the so-called ‘Minister of War’ of the Islamic State terror group,
Gulmurod Khalimov, was present at the meeting and died of fatal wounds." A
command centre and a communication hub have been destroyed and 40 militants of
the Islamic State terror group were killed near the city of Deir ez-Zor, it
said. Khalimov was a former commander of the Tajik Interior Ministry’s special
forces. In May 2015, together with six of his soldiers, he joined the IS. After
Abu Omar al-Shishani was killed, Khalimov became the IS “Minister of War.”
According to the Russian Defence Ministry, on September 5, an information was
received through various sources that IS commanders were planning to hold a
meeting at a disguised command centre on the outskirts of Deir ez-Zor.
"After the information was confirmed and additional reconnaissance was
carried out to better define the targets, two Russian warplanes - a Sukhoi
Su-34 and a Sukhoi Su-35 - were scrambled from the Hmeimim air base, which
delivered a precision airstrike dropping bunker-busting bombs," the
statement said. UNI
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